The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "workplace violence" ...
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From Database to Story - A Step-by-step Guide
Harbord and McKie show how you can utilize OSHA data to tell the story of workplace safety in non-traditional industries such as healthcare, schools (e.g., violence) and business (carpal tunnel syndrome). Their tipsheet walks you through the process of analyzing the data. And how to compare this information to other data sets to obtain a more complete sense of "the story."
Tags: data; database; OSHA; query; NAICS; excel; pivot tables; inspections; NICAR; National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting
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Dying for a Job: CBC News Investigation
excellent tipsheet outlining sources and pitfalls for doing workplace safety investigations. applicable to U.S.
Tags: workplace safety; workplace deaths; accidents; workplace violence;
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In case of emergency: 10 breaking news scenarios and web sites that go with them
Watson provides links that can help in reporting on accidents, wrecks, crashes, fires, spills and school/workplace violence.
Tags: crime; safety; transportation
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Violence and Theft in the Workplace
U.S. Department of Justice crime data brief concerning violence and theft in the workplace. National crime victimization survey published July 1994.
Tags: Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics